NENA Position Statement: Care of the sexual assault patient in the emergency department

Authors

  • National Emergency Nurses Association

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cjen398

References

Brickman, J., & Briere, J. (1984). Incidence of rape and sexual assault in an urban Canadian population. The International Journal of Women’s Studies, 7(3).

Emergency Nurses Association. (2007). Emergency Nurses Association Position Statement: Care of sexual assault and rape victims in the emergency department. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://www.ena.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/Position%20Statements/Sexual_Assault_and_Rape_Victims_-_ENA_PS.pdf

Hutson, L.A. (2002). Development of sexual assault nurse examiner programs. Emergency Nursing, 37, 79–88.

Ledray, L. (1999). Sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) development & operations guide. Washington, DC: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice.

Littel, K. (2001). Sexual assault nurse examiner programs: Improving the community response to sexual assault victims. Office for Victims of Crime Bulletin, 4, 1–19.

Sievers, V., Murphy, S., & Miller, J. (2003). Sexual assault evidence collection more accurate when completed by sexual assault nurse examiners: Colorado’s experience. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 29, 511–514.

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Published

2009-12-01

How to Cite

National Emergency Nurses Association. (2009). NENA Position Statement: Care of the sexual assault patient in the emergency department. Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing, 32(2), 22–22. https://doi.org/10.29173/cjen398

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 2 (2009): Fall 2009: Outlook

Section

NonPeer Reviewed Content

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The Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing is published Open Access under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license. Authors retain full copyright.